mkfs.fat — Create an MS-DOS filesystem inside a partition. More information: <https://manned.org/mkfs.fat>.

Create a fat filesystem inside partition `Y` on device `X`

sudo mkfs.fat {{/dev/sdXY}}

Create filesystem with a volume-name

sudo mkfs.fat -n {{volume_name}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Create filesystem with a volume-id

sudo mkfs.fat -i {{volume_id}} {{/dev/sdXY}}

Use 4 instead of 2 file allocation tables

sudo mkfs.fat -f 4 {{/dev/sdXY}}

Specify filesystem type

sudo mkfs.fat -F {{12|16|32}} {{/dev/sdXY}}